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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
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Description
RolePlacing humans and cargo into Low Earth orbit (commercial use)[1]
ISS supply following Shuttle retirement (governmental use)
CrewNone (cargo version)
7 (DragonRider version)
Launch vehicleFalcon 9
Dimensions
Height6.1 meters (20 feet)[2]
Diameter3.7 meters (12.1 feet)[2]
Sidewall angle15 degrees
Volume10 m3 / 245 ft3 pressurized[3]
14 m3 / 490 ft3 unpressurized[3]
34 m3 / 1,200 ft3 unpressurized with extended trunk[3]
Dry mass4,200 kg (9,260 lb)[2]
Payloads6,000 kg / 13,228 lb (launch)[3]
3,000 kg / 6,614 lb (return)[3]
Performance
Endurance1 week to 2 years[3]
Re-entry at3.5 Gs[4][5]

The Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, a private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. During its uncrewed maiden flight in December 2010, Dragon became the first commercially-built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from orbit.[6] On 25 May 2012, an uncrewed variant of Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).[7][8][9]


  1. Àdàkọ:Cite press
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "SpaceX Brochure – 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2010. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Dragonlab datasheet" (PDF). Hawthorne, California: SpaceX. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  4. Bowersox, Ken (25 January 2011). "SpaceX Today" (PDF). SpaceX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  5. Musk, Elon (17 July 2009). "COTS Status Update & Crew Capabilities" (PDF). SpaceX. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2012. 
  6. Bates, Daniel (9 December 2010). "Mission accomplished! SpaceX Dragon becomes the first privately funded spaceship launched into orbit and guided back to Earth". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 9 December 2010. 
  7. Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FirstDock
  8. "SpaceX Launches Private Capsule on Historic Trip to Space Station". Space.com. 22 May 2012. 
  9. Chang, Kenneth (25 May 2012). "Space X Capsule Docks at Space Station". New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2012. 

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